Appreciating volunteers - restoration efforts
CVNZ volunteers getting stuck in at Wainuiomata It is national volunteer week and Greater Wellington Regional Council is celebrating by giving a shout out to all those people putting time into…
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Rare birds take flight in wildlife reserve
Adult North Island Fernbird, image by Adam Clarke. http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz Pest control is working its magic in our region with Fernbirds "singing away" in the Pauatahanui Wildlife Reserve. Following the release of a…
New regional biodiversity group gathers
"Ki uta ki tai" is an expression of the richness found across the Wellington Region from our mountain ranges to the sea. Like our region, a passionate and diverse range of…
Sustainable thinking for future generations
"If you were to design Wellington City again - how might you do things differently?
You don't know what you've got 'till it's (almost) gone
Original forest cover Today's remaining forests A just-published stocktake of forests in the greater Wellington region reveals the extent of historic clearing and shows that much of what's left is vulnerable or…
School students muck in for Arbor Day
Young students turned up in spades this morning for Queen Elizabeth Park's Arbor Day planting, donning gumboots and gardening gloves. Well over 100 students aged eight to 12 from Raumati South…
Councils debate joint approach to bus priority for city
Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council are working together to bring more bus priority to the city from next year in a bid make public transport faster for…
Skilling-up in oil spill response
Staff from across Greater Wellington geared up to take part in an oil spill response exercise at Island Bay. Staff from across Greater Wellington Regional Council geared up to practise protecting…
Healthy fish and bugs equal healthy waterways
(From left) Evan Harrison, Alton and Bryn Hickson-Rowden carrying on his back an electric fishing machine. Greater Wellington Regional Council takes a look at the health of our region's rivers and…
Freshwater Hui a success
Biodiversity lovers across the region gathered at a Wellington Freshwater Hui on Friday to discuss freshwater and fish monitoring with the aim of improving our regions environment. The Hui titled "Te…